Building home server.

I have a few questions regarding a mac home server. currently, I have all of my itunes music/videos stored on a 500 gb WD externa
hard drive. overall, I have about 105 gb of itunes stuff. this is also the storage for all of my videos not in itunes (my client's video) so this is going to get filled quick. this was also my time machine backup drive untill apple released backups over airport. so, a 300 gb drive connected to my AEBS is for time machine. by the way, I have a 2.2 SR MACBOOK PRO. so, I want to create a server, mac mini probably, that will house my itunes files, and I would like this nachine to be accessible from over the internet by its IP address. I do have my own personal domain if that makes a difference. I would like to roam around the house with my macbook pro listening to music that is on this server. also, do I need to forward any ports on my APEBS to do so.. remember, I am new at this so please go easy on me. thanks!

If it is a good board, then yes
But unfortunately, i can't find it at the store(s) i want to buy.
Perhaps it's easier if i post a list of what is available here (and in my budget)
MSI K9N2GM-FD
MSI K9A2GM-FIH
MSI KA780G
MSI KA780GM
MSI KA790GX
And then, my question would be, what would be the best board for my needs?
So, server for data storage and the office things. Will the 780G be good or is that one already overkill?
Thanks

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Building my own home-server...

I have a few questions regarding a mac home server. currently, I have all of my itunes music/videos stored on a 500 gb WD externa
hard drive. overall, I have about 105 gb of itunes stuff. this is also the storage for all of my videos not in itunes (my client's video) so this is going to get filled quick. this was also my time machine backup drive untill apple released backups over airport. so, a 300 gb drive connected to my AEBS is for time machine. by the way, I have a 2.2 SR MACBOOK PRO. so, I want to create a server, mac mini probably, that will house my itunes files, and I would like this nachine to be accessible from over the internet by its IP address. I do have my own personal domain if that makes a difference. I would like to roam around the house with my macbook pro listening to music that is on this server. also, do I need to forward any ports on my APEBS to do so.. remember, I am new at this so please go easy on me. thanks!

You realize this isn't the MacBook Pro forum, right?

Considering Arch For My New Home Server

My wife and I both use Arch full time on our desktop and two laptops, and we enjoy it a lot. Right now our current home server also runs Arch and works very reliably. In fact I don't think I ever had a problem with it. The server we use has some major hardware on it that would probably make it better off as a standard desktop and not a server (it has a great video card, for example) so I decided to buy or build a new server to replace it. (The current server is over four years old). The server will be responsible for SSH, Unison, DNS, and Samba.
I have decided to have three hard drives. One will be dedicated to the root and swap partitions. The other two will be dedicated to /home and will be on a software RAID1. The reason for this is because redundancy on the OS is not important to me (a Clonezilla image that I'll have stored will quickly restore the OS if I ever need to recover it) but redundancy on the data is really important since it will house all of our media (over 500GB worth). I have an offsite backup too so that's not an issue either. Also notable is the fact that the server will not have any GUI at all. Just the kernel and whatever is required to facilitate what it serves.
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Last edited by jlacroix (2011-02-25 17:33:08)

jdarnold wrote:It's a perfect choice and very much the way I have my server set up.
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Yes, experience has learnt me that
There's always ArchServer (Full Disclosure: I'm the project coordinator )
Last edited by fukawi2 (2011-03-18 13:05:53)

Home server hardware ideas

Hello all,
I am currently looking into building a home server to serve various needs. I want it to be able to do the following,
1 - store backups from my main computer
2 - store and stream media like music and videos
3 - have a virtualized router (most likely PFsense under virtual box)
4 - be able to handle RAID 1 (in software or hardware)
5 - remote manage the server via SSH
So I appreciate any hardware recommendations that will have low power drain, but still be able to keep up with these requirements. Also I'd like to be a bit mindful of some kind of budget.
I know that I will need two network cards for the virtual router.
I currently have a 500 watt ATX factor PSU sitting around from a desktop upgrade and some DDR2 Ram that I'd like to be able to use but that is not mandatory.
As an alternative to buying new hardware for this server, I am considering upgrading to the new AMD FX 8150, with a new mobo, when the second generation comes in a few months, and using my desktop CPU and Mobo for the server. Would my current cpu, an AMD Phenom II x4 get too hot without additional cooling beyond the included cooler?
Thank you in advance for any feedback.

Anders H wrote:@fukawi2: I'm leaning this direction; you mention KVM and Zen, how do they compare to virtual box in terms of usability. I like Virtual box because I can set it up quickly, Does KVM and/or Zen have good documentation that will help me get it up and running?
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Hi, I hope this is the right section of the forum to post my question. I want to build a home server with a spare atom htpc and I want to base it on arch. However I have searched a lot on the internet I haven't found good web interfaces to control it.
The home server will have the following features:
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- printer sharing
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- streaming audio/video
- search for files on the server
So my main concerns are a good service to index the files and a web interfaces to manage all the functions. I mean a web interface like that of freenas, freevo and amahi.

Indeed: webmin for the easy configuration (although the CLI is not that hard to set up what you would want) and take a look here to index the files:
http://lucene.apache.org/tika/
I have plans to install Tika to our server, but I haven't got the time (read: other priorities). It has the added bonus that it is a part of apache, which you will need for webmin and maybe for other websites that come with some of your packages (f.e. mediatomb has a webGUI). So the extra dependencies for this indexer are low or even non-existent.

Windows Home Server 2011 and Windows 8.1 desktop

My questions is whether a Windows Live account and a local account can be combined in Windows 8. I asked this question in Microsoft Community and
an MS employee said I should ask my question here.
Is there a way to have both active?
I want to reap the benefits of having a live account to keep everything in sync and fully utilize the features of Windows 8.1 but I have a Windows Home Server 2011 that requires that I have a local user account that matches the server side so that I can
use resources on the server.
I've seen lots of tutorials for switching between the two account types but nothing for combining them.
Is this even possible?
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Your question has not been answered.
Windows Home Server 2011 does not use domains, so even if you had Windows 8.1 Pro, you'd still be left without a solution. I have one PC with Windows 8.1 Enterprise and that does work with Home Server; and a laptop with Windows 7 Pro and that works fine
too. Like you, I have issues with Windows 8.1 Pro.
Does anyone from Microsoft Server actually read these posts?
@PeterPensive,
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Are you confirming that an MS Account on Win8.x works ok with WHS?
< Also, this is a community-driven forum - MS staff rarely, if ever, participate here.. >
Don
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if you have experience with configuring and using freebsd, you're already ahead of most people who are likely to setup os x server.
start with the server documentation here: http://www.apple.com/server/macosx/resources/
check john de troye's tips doc: http://tinyurl.com/8qb77l
there are also some quick setup guides like this one around the web: http://wiki.bssd.org/images_up/6/65/LeopardServer.pdf
check http://afp548.com and its forums for details on troubleshooting and extending os x server.

Home Sharing in Itunes 9 on Windows Home Server

I have installed iTunes 9 and have started using Home Sharing. I want to be able to use Home Sharing with my WHS (Windows Home Server) as our music is stored there and we have iTunes on all computers, plus 2 iphones and iPods.
This would need a Home Sharing server (service) to run on the WHS. Has Apple produced such a piece of software or can I install the Home Sharing component of iTunes 9 on my server? I am advised (by Microsoft) that installing iTunes 9 is not a good idea on WHS as WHS is designed to run services not user apps.
Any suggestions or has Apple someting in plan?
It seems that sharing between PCs is a bit behind the times when many people have moved over to Home Servers or NAS drives.

I too would like to would like to know how to implement iTunes on Windows Home Server (WHS) so my Music library can be stored on a redundant source that is always available to be accessed from any PC in the house. Does Apple have a way to do this or plans to create a product for WHS?
I understand Firefly can be used to stream music content on a WHS, but think this should be a complete iTunes solution with a common library and allow playlist storage from iTune clients that connect to it.

All 30 minutes my Macs (iMac/Snow Leopard, MacMini/Lion) are loosing the connection to the Windows Servers (2 Networks: Home with Home Server 2011 (Server 2008) and Office with Home Server V1 (Server 2003)).

Hallo,
Ich betreibe im Büro und zu Hause jeweils einen Microsoft Home Server. In beiden Netzwerken ist neben diversen Windows Rechnern auch ein Mac vorhanden.
Die jeweilige "Konfiguration" ist wie folgt:
- Apple MacMini (Late 2011, als HTPC) mit Lion per Wlan über AVM Fritzbox 7390 an Microsoft Windows Home Server 2011 (Windows Server 2008).
- Apple iMac (Late 2010, Arbeitsplatzrechner) mit Snow Leopard per Lan über AVM Fritzbox 7270 an Microsoft Windows Home Server V1 (Windows Server 2003)
Alle Betriebssysteme sind auf aktuellem Stand.
Die Fritzboxen laufen mit der jeweils aktuellen Firmware
Nun zu dem Problem:
Beide Macs unterbrechen ca. alle 30 min den Kontakt zum Server. Die Verbindung wird zwar ca. 1-2 Minute später wieder aufgebaut, aber am MacMini (HTPC) macht sich dadurch bemerkbar, daß der Film oder die Musik für obige Zeitspanne stoppt und danach weiterläuft. Beim iMac (Arbeitsrechner) kann ein zuvor vom Server geladenes Dokument dann nicht mehr gespeichert oder gedruckt werden.
Der MacMini hat dieses Phänomen direkt bei der Verbindung mit dem WHS gezeigt. Der iMac hat jedoch zuvor ca. 1,5 Jahre ohne Probleme funktioniert. Dieses Problem tritt bei dem iMac (Snow Leopard) erst seit ca. 6-9 Monate auf.
Da unterschiedliche WHS und OS X Versionen betroffen sind und auch unterschiedliche Fritzboxen verwendet werden und scheint ein allgemeines Problem im Zusammenspiel Windows/OS X vorzuliegen.
Bei dem iMac fällt der genaue Zeitpunkt der Verbindungsunterbrechung nicht auf.
Bei dem MacMini läßt sich der Zeitpunkt dagegen relativ leicht bestimmen. Aus der Ereignisanzeige beim Windows Server ergibt sich leider kein eindeutiges Fehlerbild. Zu dem jeweiligen Zeitpunkt taucht aber relativ oft, aber nicht immer (!), in "Windows-Protokolle Sicherheit" der Fehler 4625 ("Fehler beim Anmelden eines Kontos") auf. Dies würde auf eine Rechteproblematik hindeuten. Das Konto des Mac kann aber alles was ihm auf dem WHS erlaubt ist.
Beim Suchen nach einer Lösung (bisher leider erfolglos) bin ich u.a. auch über das Problem des Server Infrastructure License Services (silsvc) beim Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials gestolpert (auch alle 30 min!). Vielleicht ein Zusammenhang?
Hello,
I run the office and at home each a Microsoft Home Server. In both networks, in addition to various Windows computers, a Mac is available.
The particular "configuration" is as follows:
- Apple MacMini (Late 2011, as HTPC) with Lion via wifi via AVM Fritzbox 7390 to Microsoft Windows Home Server 2011 (Windows Server 2008).
- Apple iMac (Late 2010, desktop PC) with Snow Leopard by Lan on AVM Fritzbox 7270 on Microsoft Windows Home Server V1 (Windows Server 2003)
All operating systems on current conditions with all patches and updates.
The Fritz boxes running with the latest firmware
Now to the problem:
Both Macs are loosing every 30 minutes the contact to the server. The connection is "re-"established about 1-2 minutes later. On MacMini (HTPC), the film or music is stopped for the above period. Thereafter, the film / music goes on. With the iMac (workstation) a document loaded from the server can no longer be saved or printed.
The MacMini has shown this phenomenon directly in connection with the WHS. However, the iMac has been working about 1.5 years with no problems. This problem only occurs for about 6-9 months
Because of different WHS and OS X versions are affected and also different Fritz boxes are used and it seems to be a general problem in the interplay Windows / OS X to be present.
When the iMac is the exact date of disconnection does not occur.
With the Mac Mini, the time can however be determined relatively easily. From the Event Viewer on Windows Server is unfortunately no clear error image. At the particular time but appeared relatively often, but not always (!) In Windows Security Logs the error 4625 (Failed to log on an account) on. This would indicate a rights issue.
Searching for a solution (so far unsuccessfully, unfortunately), I stumbled over the problem of the Server Infrastructure License Services (silsvc) in Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials (every 30 min!). Maybe a connection?

Hi, and thank you for your reply!
My reason for not posting this in the server forum is that I suspect it is a clien issue. All my other clients connect happily to the server which leads me to believe the server is configured correctly.
Only my the two MacBook Pro's are having problems.

TS1490 i am running Windows Home Server 2011 and iTunes can't seem to connect to the iTunes Store nor run Genius on my Library. What do I need to do?

I am running Windows Home Server 2011 and have installed iTunes on my dedicated server, attached to my router. I can't connect to the iTunes Store nor run Genius on the server ONLY (iTunes runs fine on by two other PCs and my Apple TV and I share the libary that resides on the server). I am running a very current version of iTunes 64 bit. I have run the connectivity test and it failed.
My guess is that there is some setting in the Server software that i need to change to let iTunes access urls or computers on the internet. Does anyone have any experience with this software combination?
Thank you

Some guy managed to get this to work. The following link is for iTunes 10.5 but it should work for the current release.
http://social.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/whs2011/thread/bd62ee3d-a933-4cad-ae9b- fd38adc994c0
Good luck!

[SOLVED] Trouble Building Xorg-Server 1.6.1-1 (Modified PKGBUILD)

ever since the release of xorg-server 1.5.3, i've been using a modified
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justifying it again; that'd just lead to yet another flame war.)
i've never had a problem until the 1.6.1-1 PKGBUILD, which adds the lines:
libtoolize --force || return 1
aclocal || return 1
autoconf || return 1
automake --add-missing || return 1
after applying patches and before running the configure. these added lines produce:
libtoolize: putting auxiliary files in `.'.
libtoolize: linking file `./ltmain.sh'
libtoolize: Consider adding `AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])' to configure.ac and
libtoolize: rerunning libtoolize, to keep the correct libtool macros
in-tree.
libtoolize: Consider adding `-I m4' to ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS in Makefile.am.
hw/dmx/doc/Makefile.am:24: BUILD_LINUXDOC does not appear in AM_CONDITIONAL
hw/dmx/doc/Makefile.am:27: BUILD_PDFDOC does not appear in AM_CONDITIONAL
hw/xfree86/doc/sgml/Makefile.am:24: BUILD_LINUXDOC does not appear in
AM_CONDITIONAL
hw/xfree86/doc/sgml/Makefile.am:27: BUILD_PDFDOC does not appear in
AM_CONDITIONAL
==> ERROR: Build Failed.
Aborting...
my modified PKGBUILD is build. please note that i *have* tried
reverting my changes (the commented patches), to no avail.
as i'm pretty clueless vis-a-vis makefiles and the autoconf system,
could somehow point me in the direction of a fix?
many thanks,
kludge
# $Id: PKGBUILD 21903 2008-12-17 20:32:54Z jgc $
# Maintainer: Alexander Baldeck <[email protected]>
# Contributor: Jan de Groot <[email protected]>
pkgname=xorg-server
pkgver=1.6.1
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="X.Org X servers"
arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
license=('custom')
url="http://xorg.freedesktop.org"
depends=('libgl' 'libxfont>=1.4.0' 'openssl>=0.9.8j' 'libpciaccess>=0.10.5' 'libxv>=1.0.4' 'pixman>=0.14.0' 'xcursor-themes' 'xkeyboard-config>=1.5' 'xorg-server-utils' 'xorg-fonts-misc' 'xbitmaps' 'diffutils')
makedepends=('libx11>=1.2' 'mesa>=7.4' 'xf86driproto>=2.0.4' 'xtrans>=1.2.3' 'libxkbfile>=1.0.5' 'randrproto>=1.3.0' 'renderproto>=0.9.3' 'xcmiscproto>=1.1.2' 'bigreqsproto>=1.0.2' 'resourceproto>=1.0.2' 'videoproto>=2.2.2' 'compositeproto>=0.4' 'scrnsaverproto>=1.1.0' 'libxinerama>=1.0.3' 'xf86dgaproto>=2.0.3' 'recordproto>=1.13.2' 'libgl>=7.4' 'glproto>=1.4.9')
#optdepends=( 'xf86-input-evdev: to provide input device hotplugging'
# 'hal>=0.5.11: to provide input devices for hotplugging' )
options=('!libtool')
provides=('x-server' ) # 'xorg-server')
conflicts=('catalyst-utils<=9.2')
groups=('xorg')
install=xorg-server.install
source=(${url}/releases/individual/xserver/${pkgname}-${pkgver}.tar.bz2
xorg-redhat-die-ugly-pattern-die-die-die.patch
hal-wait.patch)
md5sums=('ed0878bf32a24d4948c3b8a122a39eff'
'1a336eb22e27cbf443ec5a2ecddfa93c'
'f16d2caef84e1a9c4075b6c5e145512d')
build() {
cd "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}"
# Get rid of the ugly pattern
patch -Np3 -i "${srcdir}/xorg-redhat-die-ugly-pattern-die-die-die.patch" || return 1
# Fix dbus config path - removed b/c no dbus config'd
# sed -i -e 's/\$(sysconfdir)/\/etc/' config/Makefile.* || return 1
# Revert waiting for hal, assume hal won't show up when initial connect fails
# commented out b/c no hal config'd
# patch -R -Np1 -i "${srcdir}/hal-wait.patch" || return 1
libtoolize --force || return 1
aclocal || return 1
autoconf || return 1
automake --add-missing || return 1
# --enable-config-{dbus,hal} switched to --disable
# to disable hotplugging and dependencies
./configure --prefix=/usr \
--enable-ipv6 \
--enable-dri \
--disable-dmx \
--enable-xvfb \
--enable-xnest \
--enable-composite \
--enable-xcsecurity \
--enable-xorg \
--enable-xephyr \
--enable-glx-tls \
--enable-kdrive \
--enable-install-setuid \
--disable-config-hal \
--disable-config-dbus \
--enable-record \
--disable-xfbdev \
--disable-xfake \
--disable-xsdl \
--disable-static \
--sysconfdir=/etc/X11 \
--localstatedir=/var \
--with-default-font-path=/usr/share/fonts/misc,/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled,/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled,/usr/share/fonts/TTF,/usr/share/fonts/Type1 \
--with-xkb-path=/usr/share/X11/xkb \
--with-xkb-output=/var/lib/xkb \
--with-dri-driver-path=/usr/lib/xorg/modules/dri || return 1
make || return 1
make DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" install || return 1
rm -rf "${pkgdir}/var/log" || return 1
install -m755 -d "${pkgdir}/etc/X11" || return 1
install -m755 -d "${pkgdir}/var/lib/xkb" || return 1
# Needed for non-mesa drivers, libgl will restore it
mv "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so" \
"${pkgdir}/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.xorg" || return 1
install -m755 -d "${pkgdir}/usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}"
install -m644 COPYING "${pkgdir}/usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}/" || return 1
Last edited by kludge (2009-05-01 17:25:39)

Not any help to your error but have you tried the one in aur with disabled dbus and hal?
I've been using it for a week or so with no problems and it built fine.
http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=23750

HP MediaSmart Home Server EX 490 won't boot up and can't recover - running Windows XP

Recently my Home Server launched successfully and I had it available on my new home network. I played a video on .api format via ethernet cable to my tv and I could see the server in my network directory.
A few days ago I tried to access the server with a brand new MacBook through a wireless browse. I couldn't access as a guest so I decided to try to launch it with a direct ethernet connection from the old PC which I used to set up the server in 2010 (running Windows XP 2002 edition SP3).
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